The Story of Mike Ness’ Animal-Friendly Life

Written by PETA | April 22, 2009

It seems like anywhere Mike Ness goes, he leaves his mark. As the frontman for Social Distortion, he’s one of the most influential men in punk rock. As a solo artist, he’s blazing a trail on the alterna-country scene. However, while Mike has made a huge impact on the music world, his impact on good ol’ Mother Earth is smaller than most people’s. That’s because Mike knows that meat’s not green and that by keeping animals off his plate he’s doing the single most effective thing anyone can do to reduce his or her carbon footprint.

Mike Ness is the most recent celebrity to sit down with PETA for a “Meat’s Not Green” photo shoot, and he even took the time to answer a few questions about why he’s doing his part to make the world a better place. Check out his video below and then head over and check out the ad.

I love Mike Ness I knew he was a vegetarian for a while special features on the Live in Orange County DVD. And I think it’s great PETA did a video with him. I think Mike is awesome and Social D is awesome… they got me through some hard times and I will be forever thankful to them for the beautiful music they’ve created. By the way farmers who have a business in biological vegetables aren’t hunters per se… hunting and growing crops are two completely different things.. get your facts straight Bricks.

Mike BIG FAN after all is said and done you will look back at this video and your belief that meat is murder and hunting is for sissies and say ” I was wrong”. Every cabbagecarrot and apple we eat is raised by farmers who kill deerrabbits or rodents that would eat them out of business if left unchecked. So vegetarians shouldn’t feel morally superior to hunters.

As usually I’m glad to see more people from ”alternative” cultures making a move to make this world a better place and show that ”alternative” poeple are not just selfish weirdos… and when these moves include making the world a better place for animals it just makes me 10 times happier!

My son’s in college and he turned me on to the music of Social Distortion on a trip back to his school. Love the music! I didn’t know Mike Ness was vegetarian but it makes sense. Now I’ll go buy all of his CDs!

Ive always loved Mike Ness! Now I also know how intelligent he is !!! I wish people would notice NOW that they may get Swine flu that factory farms are evil cruel filthy and if you didn’t care before maybe now that it is effecting YOU in a blatent way youll see it poeple!

Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights? Read more.